Box for perforated music-rolls.



R. G. HARRIS. BOX FOR PBRFORATED MUSIC ROLLS.

APPLICATION-TILE? MAY 15, 1911.

1 ,O48,831 Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Kay 15, 1911. Serial; No. 827,844.

' reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin 10 forated music sheets for use in pneumatic a part hereof. 'Perfo'rated music rolls, that is, the perpiano. players, rolled on spools, are ordinarily packed for shipment, storage and pgotection in handling in ordinary pasteard boxes, rectangular in cross section and not moisture-proof, the employment of an ordinary slip cover making it practically im ossible to exclude damp air from the intenor of the box. Furthermore, such boxes .do not conform closely to the rolls and therefore have considerable waste space within. Again, such boxes, by reason of their shape, are quite liable to be crushed and can not be sent safely by mail without additional protection.

It is the ob'ect of this invention to or the urpose referre vide a box to which shall avoid all 0 the objections above.

alluded to being of such shape as to conform to the roll more closely than a rectangular box, of such sha e and construction as to withstand handling better and to be capable of being sent by mail without danger of crushing, and of such construction as to make it possible to exclude dampness from the interior.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which- Fi re 1 is a view in longitudinal section of a 0x constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view in section on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 1s a view of the inner side of the cover removed from the box.

The body a of the box is made of any suitable material, such as a good quality of paper-board, which is preferably made moisture-proof either before or after completion in. any suitable way as by being treated 'with araflin wax or by having a moisture-proo lining applied thereto. The

box, instead of being rectangular cros section as usual heretofore is octagonal, as'

clearly shown in Fig; 2, thereb confounmg more closely to the roll whic it, incloses than does the ordinary rectangular box. Within the closed end .of the box is placed a. block b of any suitablematerial but pref- .erably of pulp board which fits tightly within the end of the box and is secured by nails 0 as well as by lue. The block b not only closes the end 0 the box but sup orts the same against crushing and may itse f be provided with a central recess d to receive the pm at the correspondin end of the music roll, if such roll is provi ed with pins.

Patented Dec. 31,1912.-

The open end of the box is fitted with a cover which is made up of three a rts: an inner block e, preferably of pu p board formed of substantial thickness, formed to fit closely within the open end of the box and having a recess f to receive the pin at the corresponding end of the music roll, an outer part or cap g which is of greater diameter' than the inner block 6 and is preferably of the same diameter as the box a, and an intermediate part 71. of leather or other suitable .flexible material which is formed with a tab 71 andwith a tab it. The three parts of the cover are cemented together and one of the tabs as i is cemented or otherwise secured to the body a ofthe box so as to serve as a hinge-as well. The other tab 70 serves as a convenient handle for manipulating the cover. That portion of the art h of the cover which extends beyond t e block a and is supported by the overlapping portion of the cap g forms a gasket or packin ring, which fits tightly against the end 0 the box when the cover is closed and effectually excludes moisture from the interior of the box.

It will be understood that the roll is introduced into the box and withdrawn from it throu h the 0 en end when the cover is open an that i the roll is provided with pms such pins are received in the recesses d and f provided in blocks?) and e for that purpose so that the roll is centralized in the box and is held from rattling.

When the cover is closed the block e thereof fits snu ly within the end of the box and holds t e cover in place while, as before stated, the intermediate ortion h of the cover serves not only as a inge and a handle but also as a packing to exclude moisture.

I claim ate my invention: I porting the bod at one end and a cover' 1 1. A box comprising a body, ablock clos- .hinged at the ot er end, the cover comprising and sup ortlng the body at one end and ing a block to fit within the end of the body a cover at t e other end, the cover com risa cap overlapfi'fig the end of the body and ing a block fitting within the end 0 the/ a sheet of pac g material secured between body, an outer cap overlapping the end of .the cap and the block and forming a Back- 20 the body and an intermediate flexible poringbetween the cap and the end of the ody. tion formin a packing between the cap and This specification si ed and witnessed the end of t e body and having an integral this 8th day of May A. 1911-. I tab secured to the body and forming a hinge 1 RICHARD C HARRIS for the cover.

2. A box for music rolls comprising a Signed in the presence-ofbody of waterproof material and octagonal AMBROSE L. OSHEA,

" w in cross section, e block closing and sup- ELLA M TAYLOR; 

